This Is the Number One Cause of Teen Car Accidents

Historically, the 100 days following Memorial Day are the deadliest for drivers: An average of 10 people die every day during the summer as a result of a car wreck involving a teen driver, said Jurek Grabowski, research director for the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, in a statement.

In the past five years, more than 1,000 people have died each year during the "100 Deadliest Days" due to car accidents caused by teens, who spend more time behind the wheel in summer. Compared with other times of the year, wrecks involving drivers ages 16 to19 increased by 16 percent per day.

AAA is urging parents to talk to their teens about the risks of distracted driving. Some actions parents can take to encourage safe driving include:

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Have conversations early and often about the dangers of distraction.

Make a parent-teen driving agreement that sets specific rules.

Teach by example: Avoid personally engaging in distractions when driving.

The foundation's latest study comes on the heels of eight years of research, the most comprehensive investigation ever conducted into crash videos of young drivers, according to Science Daily.

The AAA Foundation worked alongside researchers at the University of Iowa to analyze more than 2,200 crash videos captured by in-car dash cameras. In recent years, bad driving habits among teens have stayed fairly consistent. New videos depict the same accident-causing distractions found in footage captured from 2007 to 2012: Teens are consistently seen texting and using their phones in the moments leading up to a crash, Science Daily reports.